Скачать или смотреть Ritual Power in Situ: New Light from Digital Manuscripts on Syriac Protective Charms - David Calabro

A paper by David Calabro (HMML) in the series of eLectures "Advances in the Study of Syriac Charms" within the framework of the seminar "Traditions of Magic in Near East and Caucasus", 15 December 2021.

Digital manuscript preservation allows images and metadata from complete indigenous libraries to be made accessible to scholars through online platforms; this effectively simulates the study of manuscripts "in situ," but with a much greater coverage in terms of quantity and scope. This presentation will highlight contributions of digital preservation to understanding East Syriac protective charms from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The presentation will focus on the text artifacts’ Sitz im Leben, decorative styles, scribes, and circulation, using examples from the digitization projects of the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library (HMML).